Johann Georg Layritz

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Johann Georg Layritz , also Johann Georg Lairitz (born July 15, 1647 in Hof , † April 4, 1716 in Weimar ), was a universal scholar , prince educator in Bayreuth and general superintendent of the Thuringian churches.

Johann Georg Layritz was the son of Johann Layritz, administrator in Marktleuthen, and Anna Maria, daughter of the Cheb exile Christoph Bauer, who fled during the Thirty Years' War and was accepted into Hof as a citizen and watchmaker . He had a brother named Johann Christoph , so his nephew was Paul Eugenius Layritz .

He attended the Hof and Bayreuth grammar schools . He then studied in Jena and received his master's degree in 1671. In 1673 he was appointed professor in Bayreuth and served as a prince tutor. He instructed the two sons of Georg Albrecht Erdmann Philipp and Georg Albrecht . From 1688 to 1698 he was the successor to the disgraced Heinrich Arnold Stockfleth Superintendent (Dean) in Neustadt an der Aisch , where there were initial tensions with the Pietists . The lowlands received 1,693 own hymn book by Layritz. In 1697 he was appointed general superintendent of the Thuringian churches, court preacher and city pastor in Weimar. He introduced confirmation in Thuringia . He found support from Duke Wilhelm Ernst .

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  1. ^ Max Döllner : History of the development of the city of Neustadt an der Aisch until 1933. Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt ad Aisch 1950, p. 351 and p. 357, note 27, p. 288 and 679.
  2. ↑ Max Döllner (1950), p. 287.
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SURNAME Layritz, Johann Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lairitz, Johann Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polyhistor, rector of the Hof high school
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1647
PLACE OF BIRTH Hof (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1716
Place of death Weimar